Ubicomp Brainstorming

Problems to Tackle

CONCERNS

Participants: · Surveillance / control · Alienation o People are not connected to the world o People are not connected to the purpose of the job · Moral valence · Addiction -- Farmville (and virtual currency) · Reputation portability -- no incentives for superrogatory behavior Personally bearing high risk

“Employer” · Disclosure · Reputation

Platforms · Spam free · How much liability should they bear

Systemic concerns: · Motivation (kill time, fun, make a living) · Disclosure · Race to the bottom · Exploitation of workers o Standard labor law o Profit mainly away o Child labor Addiction · How to keep the work from hurting people / the internet · Demographics - In house employees losing jobs (but counterbalanced by more innovation?) - Low quality of work -What about when governments do this?

Demographics

In house employees losing jobs (but counterbalanced by more innovation?)

Low quality of work

What about when governments do this?

SOLUTIONS

Taxonomy

FTC: Full disclosure (for content providers) of paid opinions

Safe harbor – notice and takedown

Best practices - focused at who?

Crowd-owned platforms

Technological/plugins

::"Real Name" analogue "Real Purpose" for disclosure

Categorize employers

Volunteer filtering

Social tools (live chat etc.) for alienation

Platform interoperability for reputation portability

Plugins like Turkopticon for reviews of tasks